US: Pressure On FCC To Ban TV Advertising

A lobbying organisation calling itself the “Center For Science in the Public Interest” (CSPI) and which claims to have the backing of more than 240 other organisations has called upon the Federal Communications Commission to begin an investigation into the broadcast advertising of all alcoholic beverages. The call was endorsed by FCC chairman Reed Hundt, who has sought such an inquiry himself but so far failed to obtain the support of other commissioners for a majority.